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Pochettino credits Spurs' character for cup win

Mauricio Pochettino praised the character of his Tottenham players as they came from behind to beat Burnley 4-2 in the FA Cup on Wednesday.

Published

14 January 2015

Tottenham were staring down the barrel in the third round replay at White Hart Lane as a superb half-volley from Marvin Sordell and Ross Wallace's deflected free-kick put Burnley into a 2-0 lead after eight minutes.

However, Paulinho's expert finish brought the hosts back into the match in the 10th minute and Etienne Capoue drilled home the equaliser shortly before half-time.

Vlad Chiriches punished Burnley goalkeeper Tom Heaton's error to head home Tottenham's third shortly after the restart and Danny Rose scored a rare goal to round off the win and set up a fourth-round clash with Leicester City.

And head coach Pochettino thought his team were well worthy of a place in the next round.

"It was a very interesting game. It was a strange game," said Pochettino.

"We deserved to go through to the next round. It was key to go in at half-time at 2-2.

"We fixed something from the tactical situation and scored two goals quickly to decide the game.

"The team has shown character and faith. It's important to grow in the group.